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HENRY A. TBIPP AND VALTER TRIPP, OF EAST YILLIAMSON, NEW YORK'.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,686, dated August 21, 1883.

Application filed July 10, 1F83. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that "we, HENRY A. TRIPP and YVALTER TRTPP, citizens of the United States of America, residing at East Williamson, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apple-Slicers and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the 'art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or :figures of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of t-his specification, andin which- Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the position of the knives at the beginning of the cut. i tion oi' knives at the end of the cut, and having a portion of theknife-iraine broken away. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with portion of knifefranie broken away. Fig. 4 is avertical crosssection taken on line x fr, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section taken on line yy, Fig. 3.

Our invention relates to4 certain improvements in apple-'slicers which have a series oi' swinging knives arranged horizontally on different planes.; andit consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, whereby we are enabled to cut an apple into slices of a uniform thickness with the greatest rapidity and ease, and with the minimum of exertion on the part of the operator, all of which we will now proceed more particularly to point out and describe. Referring to the drawings, similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the frame, composed of the base or bed plate B, the fiat metal plates C, resting one on top of the other, and the top plate, l), said plates B, C, andl) being fastened securely together by means of bolts a.. The base-plate B is secured to a table or stand by screws, or

in any other suitable nia-nner.

To one side of the plates C, and 'formed as part of said plates, are the nat rings E, having the open spaces @between each ring, and forming the receiver E for holding the apple preparatory to being eut.

F is a knife-frame composed of the upper 5o and lower arms, b and'b, and having the handle c. The frame F is 'pivotedto the frame `different planes, the upper and lowerknives Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing posi- A by the bolt d, and swings' horizontally on the bearings said bearings being formed as A part of the upper and lower plates, B and D.

G are the knives, arranged horizontally on g being set in advance of the middle knives, so that each knii'econunences to cut the apple about the same time. The knives G are secured to the knife-frame F by the screwsff, said screws j" working in the slots g in the plates B and D and the hollow center of theplates C. Said knives G swing horizontally with the knife-frame, having the bolt d as a center, and pass through the open spaces ebetween the rings E. Y'

H is a iiat metal plate secured to the lower arni, b, of the kuifei'raine, and when the knives are at the beginning of the cut serves as a bottom for the receiver, as shown in Fig. 1,'and at the cud-of the cut the plate H is moved out to the position shown in Fig. 2,. and leaves the bottoni of said receiver open.

The operation of our invention is as follows z The knives are drawn back to the position shown in Fig. l, and the apple or fruit to be sliced is pl aced in the receiver E and rests on the plate H. Grrasping the handleA c, the knives are drawn from right to left, passing through the openings e between the rings E, 8o engage with the apple and cut it into slices of, uniform thickn ess. The knives cutting through the apple are broughtto the position shown in Fig. 2, and the plate H being withdrawn from the bottoni of the receiver the slices fall into a vessel placed under said receiver. If desired, the apple may bc iirst cored and pared before being sliced.

Having thus Vfully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In an apple-sli cer a suitable frame, the receiver E, formed of the horizontally-arranged rings E, having the spaces ebetween each two adjacent rings, in combination with the 4dat 95 plate H, and a series of liorizontally-swinging knives adapted to pass through the openings e, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

2. In an apple-Slicer, the frame A, the reroo ceiver E', attached to said frame A, and composed of the horizontallyarranged rings E,

Y essaies lformed of the rings E, and having Open spaces c between each two adjacent rings, in combination with the swinging knife-frame F, pivoted to the frame A, and having the horizontally-arranged knives G and plate H, substan- 15 tially as shown and described.

In testimony whereofwe afX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. TRIPP. WALTER TRIPP.

Witnesses:

E. HALLOCK, L. E. LANDON. 

